Non-heat-conducting package for ice-cream



(No Model.)

J. H. EMPSON,

NON HEAT CONDUCTING PACKAGE FOR ICE CREAM, &0. No 281,851. Patented July 24, 1883.

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JOHN H. EMPSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

NON-H EAT-CONDUCTINGPACKAGE FOR ICE-CREAM, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,851, dated July 24., 1883.

Application filed May 31, 1883. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. EMPsoN, of Gincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Conducting Packages for Ice-Cream and Water-Ices, of which the following is a specification;

My invention has for its object the construction of a non-conducting wrapper or covering for vessels or boxes containing ice-cream and other commodities the temperature of which is to be maintained above or below atmospheric temperature, which, while efficient in preventing transfer of heat to or from the contents of the box or vessel, shall be inexpensive in cost and capable of easy application. Non-conducting wrappers or envelopes for this purpose are not new, and I am aware of a patent to M. T. Fussell, dated May 30, 1882, for a non-conducting envelope for ice-cream and similar substances, which consists, essentially, of a canvas cover arranged to fold about the package and be secured by a strap and buckle, upon the inside of which canvas sections of wool or hair felt are attached by stitching; but this device is expensive and cannot come into general use by reason of the great cost to the confectioner having occasion to use it. Recognizing the defects of the Fusscll device, I propose to accomplish the same result by an arrangement so much cheaper in cost that it will come within the reach of every confectioner.

My invention consists of a rim or shell of light Manila or straw board stuck with glue or paste at the lapping edges, which rim isslightly larger than the box or vessel to be inclosed, and is open at the top and bottom. Around this rim I wind a strip of felting, which may be stitched or secured with a pin at the abutting edges. For the top and bottom of the felted rim I provide felts cut to shape, either round, square, or oblong. Iwrap an envelope or covering of Manila paper, which may be cut in the form of a cross, the three shorter limbs of which cover the corresponding sides of the package and the longer limb covers the remaining side and top. The package is then tied with a twine cord in the usual manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Around the whole a transverse section of my improved device. Fig. 2 is the customary paper box for icecream andsimilar commodities. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the Manila or straw board rim. Fig. 4 is a plan of the cruciform paper wrapper; Fig. 5, a plan or projection of the felt strip, and Fig. 6 a plan of the felt top and bottom pieces.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

A represents a box or case of Manila board, into which the ice-cream or other substance is introduced and the lid or cover thereof closed in the usual manner.

Bis a rim or shell of any desired form-round, square, or oblong-of Manila or straw board, and glued at the lapping edges to make a solid stiff casing, and open top and bottom. internal dimensions of the rim B are such as to permit the box A to slide freely therein, and

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of a height slightly greater than the height of H the box.

O is a strip of felt cut as wide as the depth of rim B, and as long as the sum of the sides,

or as the circumference of said rim, which strip of felt, when wound around the rim, completely envelops the same.

D is one of the two pieces of felt for closing and protecting the top and bottom of the packa e.

E is the wrapper of paper, cut of the form shown in Fig. 4c, the limbs e e e of which represent sides, and the limb 6 one side and a cover. The dotted lines indicate the points at which thelimbs are bent in adapting the wrapper to the package. While I prefer to cut the paper in the form as shown, principally upon the score of economy, still an ordinary wrapper tucked in and lapped at the corners will answer my purpose as well, although requiring a larger consumption of paper.

F is the twine binder for the package.

The edges of the limbs e e e and 6 may be substance, as coffee or choe0lateas it will in preventing transfer of heat inward-as when it incloses a cold substance, as ice-cream or frozen puncln I am aware that paper or felt coverings or linings to prevent transfer of heat to or from the contents of packages have been used before, and that my invention is necessarily limited to the devices shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1s-= A non-conducting wrapper for the covering of vessels or boxes containing substances 11ot- 

